On Father’s Day we took Hitesh on a morning excursion for a cherry picking trip to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill, California.
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Banu’s Emerald Green Philadelphia Garden
My sister Banu who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a lovely home and a beautiful garden. A lush and emerald green garden, it’s the greenest garden I’ve ever seen.
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Dinner at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California
We have heard so much about this talked about restaurant here in the Bay Area – Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. This restaurant is so popular that you have to plan at least a month in advance just to make a reservation, and cross your fingers and hope that you can get a reservation.
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Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden. Old Palo Alto, California
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden is a historic home and garden located in old Palo Alto, California. The story of how this lovely home became a historic home and garden can be credited to Ms. Elizabeth Gamble who lived in Palo Alto with her family. Continue reading Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden. Old Palo Alto, California
Humble Hwy 280
I know you are probably wondering who writes an article about a highway? And that too one that many of us in the Bay Area drive on every day to get to and back from work. But I tell you, I love Hwy 280! Stanford University has called Hwy 280 The Most Beautiful Urban Highway in America, and I concur. Especially the stretch from Sunnyvale (right where Fwy 85 and Hwy 280 intersect) all the way up to San Francisco. This stretch of Hwy 280 is absolutely beautiful.
A Weekend in San Francisco. Fort Baker, Fort Mason & The Ferry Building
It was a warm sunny weekend when we went to San Francisco in the end of February and our plan was to relax at Fort Baker, grab lunch at Fort Mason, and stroll by the Ferry Building and the Bay Bridge. With a cool breeze and the most beautiful blue skies with puffs of white clouds, the City by the Bay couldn’t have been any more perfect on this weekend.
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Visit to a Goat Farm in Pescadero, California
The twins were turning 10, and this was one of those times when I just didn’t want to plan and organize yet another kids birthday party. I really wanted to something more low-key, fun with the family, and memorable. Continue reading Visit to a Goat Farm in Pescadero, California
Daffodil Daydreams 2017 at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California
Want to see a sea of sunny daffodils blooming in profusion? Daffodils, daffodils, and more daffodils, as far as the eye can see? A trip to Filoli Gardens Daffodil Dreams in Woodside, California is something truly magical and the perfect early springtime nature excursion.
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Bouquets to Art 2017 at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California
Last April, I went to de Young Museum’s Bouquets to Art exhibition in San Francisco, California, and what a spectacular show it was! It truly was like nothing I had ever seen before. Floral arrangements that mimic artwork at the de Yong Museum’s permanent collection? What a novel idea and positively amazing!
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Rest In Peace Pea. We Will Miss You.
Remembering Pea at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya.
Hi folks, for those of you following my blog for a while, you may have read my story on our fun trip to the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya last summer. Continue reading Rest In Peace Pea. We Will Miss You.